• Application Deadline:
• Position: Head, Accounts


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 8 years


• Location Edo


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Job Description

• Manage and oversee the daily operations of the accounting department including:
  
  
  
  • Month and end-year process
  
  
  • Accounts payable/receivable
  
  
  • Cash receipts
  
  
  • General ledger
  
  
  • Payroll and utilities
  
  
  • Treasury, budgeting
  
  
  • Cash forecasting
  
  
  • Revenue and expenditure variance analysis
  
  
  • Capital assets reconciliations
  
  
  • Cheque processing
  
  
  • Fixed asset activity
  
  
  • Debt activity
  
  
  
  


• Monitor and analyze accounting data and produce financial reports or statements


• Establish and enforce proper accounting methods, policies, and principles


• Coordinate and complete annual audits


• Provide recommendations


• Improve systems and procedures and initiate corrective actions


• Assign projects and direct staff to ensure compliance and accuracy


• Meet financial accounting objectives


• Establish and maintain fiscal files and records to document transactions


• Collate and consolidate trial balance and financial reports


• Prepare comprehensive, proactive and timely financial and management information including tax, cash flow and statutory accounts


• Publish the quarterly CBN returns


• Drive the financial efficiency of the bank


• Develop and own key financial processes including budgeting, internal control, financial accounting and reconciliation


• Ensure the full and prompt implementation of internal and external audit recommendations


• Liaise with the CBN and other regulatory agencies


• Responsible for bank account reconciliations


• Maintain fixed asset register and ensure the documentation of capital expenditure to meet tax and other regulatory requirements


• Liaise with the internal and external auditors.

Education and Experience

• B.Sc. Degree in Accounting or its equivalent


• Qualified member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAN) - ACA


• Additional qualifications in a business-related field will be an advantage


• Proven work experience as Accounting Manager, Accounting Supervisor or Finance Manager


• Proven knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting principles, practices, standards, laws and regulations.


• Computer skills - MS Office, Excel, Accounting Software, etc.


• High attention to detail and accuracy


• Ability to direct and supervise staff


• A minimum of 8 years post-graduation experience while 5 years must be in the financial service industry


• Evidence that the candidate possesses proven skills and competencies in practical microfinance banking and has undergone the Microfinance Certification programme and obtained a Certificate in Microfinance banking issued by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).